Don't people have better things to do with their time?

I, for some reason, waited until Thanksgiving Day to write this column, the reason being I was considering whether I should be thankful or not.

On one hand, I have a partner who has never wavered in her support for our marriage, three great kids and six good grandchildren. On the other hand, I live in a world of hate and greed. At the bottom of the hateful portion is religion and prejudice, and greed is evidenced by corporate callousness concentrated in the financial sector of our economy. This is offset somewhat by the amount of giving by the middle income sector of the nation.

Throw in the dedication of our military keeping the terrorists from destroying our way of life, and all in all, I have decided I should be thankful because of my family and the very nice people I have met over the years, all of which outweighs the negative aspects of the world I live in.

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People will not let the election go away, as evidenced by the hateful letters written to the editors of various publications. I have heard the comment, "I guess I will have to move to Canada," and that got me to thinking. Can you imagine how this scenario could play out? The Canadians start becoming alarmed about the number of Americans flooding into their country. The Americans are making a major impact on the health system, which they hate and want to change. The Americans are entering Canada armed to the teeth, violating the laws of Canada. The Americans want to raise the American flag over the Canadian flag and start trampling on the Canadian flag. The Canadians start guarding the border to prevent illegal immigration from America. The Americans in Canada refuse to pay for public services as they are against paying any taxes at all. Canadian citizens start promoting the deportation of all American immigrants, and so it goes. Sound familiar?

Then there are the petitions to secede from the Union by malcontents proposing to speak for all of us. That is just what we need ,50 separate small entities fighting with each other. Don't people have better things to do?

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Imagine running 100 miles in a day-and-a-half. One of the therapists at the facility I am going to does crazy things like that. This little lady weighs in at about 100 pounds and does not look to have any fat reserves at all. I could loan her some. She and I got into a conversation in which I used the word hogwash, and she wanted me to look into the origins of the word. It seems to be a hobby of hers to find out the origins of word sayings, so if some of you have an idea, please let me know.